Jose Sarmiento y Valladares

Jose Sarmiento y Valladares (May 1648-10 September 1708) was was the jure uxoris Count of Moctezuma and the Viceroy of New Spain from 1696 to 1701. He was a tyrant and slackwit, like his ancestor Moctezuma, and on his entrance to Mexico City on 2 February 1697 his horse fell, causing great amusement in the crowd. He was removed from office in 1701 when he supported the Habsburg claims to the Spanish throne during the War of the Spanish Succession, as the Mexican government was loyal to the House of Bourbon.